OSCAR BURKHART
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 58-E: 20
Department: Harlan County, Kentucky, S.O.
End of Watch: November 7, 1968
Cause: SHOT
Age: 54
Years of Service: 15
Description: Sheriff Burkhart was shot and killed by the parents of a suspect he had arrested. More than 50 shots were fired at the police vehicle while Sheriff Burkhart was transporting the suspect to jail. The suspect escaped.
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